Gurjeet Singh is a co-founder of Ayasdi, has a Bachelor's degree from Delhi University, and a Master's and Ph.D. degree in Computational Mathematics from Stanford University. Singh first met Co-Founder Gunnar Carlsson at Stanford during his Ph.D. and this led to Singh's graduate work and thesis on the theory, algorithms and applications of Topological Data Analysis (TDA), as well as Singh's participation on Carlsson's DARPA funded research project to study how topology can be applied to solve real world problems.

During this time, Singh designed and developed various TDA algorithms to bring out the shape and meaning of data. This led to the creation of Ayasdi's core technology and machine-learning algorithms. Singh has published academic papers in top mathematics journals and computer science conferences, previously worked at Google and Texas Instruments. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife and son, and develops multi-legged robots in his spare time.

Ayasdi Co-Founders Gunnar Carlsson and Gurjeet Singh discuss building a company based on technology developed inside a university, in conversation with Floodgate Partner Ann Miura-Ko. With deep insights on data visualization, Carlsson and Singh talk about developing technologies and the process for evaluating high-impact applications.

Ayasdi Co-Founders Gunnar Carlsson and Gurjeet Singh discuss building a company based on technology developed inside a university, in conversation with Floodgate Partner Ann Miura-Ko. With deep insights on data visualization, Carlsson and Singh talk about developing technologies and the process for evaluating high-impact applications.

CEO Gurjeet Singh tells the story of moving from conducting research in academia to launching Ayasdi, in conversation with Ann Miura-Ko. According to Singh, the path included building solid use cases, thorough customer development, and admitting he needed to learn how to run a company.

In response to a question from investor Ann Miura-Ko, Ayasdi Co-Founder and CEO Gurjeet Singh explains why he believes, "big data is a meaningless term." Born out of his love for optimistic science fiction, Singh also describes why it's worth pursuing a computational approach to building autonomous systems that can benefit humanity.